GENERAL AND NCEA LEVEL 1
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Answer
What do you need to pass NCEA Level
one?
What does NSN stand for?
A total of 80 credits including
• 10 literacy
• 10 numeracy
National Student Number
What does NCEA stand for?
National certificate of Educational Achievement
When a result is entered on the school
system, how long is it until it can be seen
on the NZQA website?
What is one difference between an
achievement standard (AS) and a unit
standard (US)?
At the beginning of the following month
How are students graded in NCEA
Achievement Standards (AS)?
Not Achieved, Achieved, Merit, or Excellence (NAME)
How are students graded in Unit
Standards (US)?
Achieved or not achieved
What is an internal assessment?
Assessments conducted throughout the year, by class
teachers, within the school. All US and some AS are
internally assessed.
What does external assessment mean?
Conducted once a year, by specially appointed
examiners, through a national examination held in
November and December each year. Art and
Technology portfolios are submitted for external
assessment/examination in November as well.
Reading, writing, listening and speaking
(Literacy can be gained in subjects other than English.)
Which skills are assessed in the literacy
achievement standards?
NCEA Quiz Many answers to this. Some include:
• You can’t get to University on just USs
• USs only grade Achieved or not achieved, ASs give
4 grades (see below)
• USs are internally assessed, ASs are both internally
and externally assessed
1 NCEA LEVEL 2
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Answer
What is an approved subject?
This subject is approved for the awarding of the
UE qualification. Not all subjects are on the
approved list
http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/qualificationsstandards/awards/universityentrance/approved-subjects-for-universityentrance/
Yes. There is no literacy requirement for NCEA
Level 2 or 3, just NCEA Level 1 and UE
If I don’t get the literacy credits needed for
NCEA Level 1, can I get NCEA Level 2?
What is the minimum number of credits needed
to attain NCEA Level 2?
What is the difference between a School Results
Summary (SRS) and a Record of Achievement
(ROA)?
What are the options for reassessment?
What are the differences between NCEA Level 3
and a ‘National Certificate’ (NC), for example a
National Certificate in Business Studies Level 3?
How many credits do you need for a single
subject endorsement at Merit?
What do you need to receive a certificate
endorsement for NCEA?
Can externally assessed standards be
reassessed?
Why do we have moderation?
NCEA Quiz 80 credits made up of 60 Level 2 credits plus 20
credits from Level 1 (can come from previous
years credits)
SRS received at the beginning of the year show
all standards attempted including those where
students were given Not Achieved, and the ROA
does not include these.
Schools have the choice to offer a re-sit once
for students who have failed an internal
standard after re-teaching.
• NCEA is a school qualification (compulsory
sector) and NCs can be attained through
other providers.
• NCEA is across many different subject fields,
NCs tend to be one subject or a group of
related subjects (e.g. business studies)
• NCEA can be made up of USs and ASs, but
NCs are USs based.
• There are over 1000 different NCs and
diplomas in various subjects, and only one
NCEA with 3 levels.
• Mostly NCs are designed by industries and
can include workplace assessment
14 credits at merit or excellence
50 credits with merit or excellence
http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/qualificationsstandards/qualifications/ncea/understandingncea/how-ncea-works/endorsements/
No, not in the same year, but they can be
redone the following year
This ensures schools maintain similar standards
of internal assessment
2 NCEA LEVEL 3
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Question
What is the minimum amount of credits to
attain NCEA Level 3?
How many credits do you need to achieve
UE literacy currently (2012)?
What is the minimum amount of credits to
attain UE?
How many credits do you need to achieve
UE numeracy?
What are the university entrance (UE)
criteria?
What are the UE criteria from 2014?
(Changes are bolded.)
There are 4 new subjects added to the
approved list for 2012 for UE? Name 2 of
them.
What approved subjects for UE will be
added or renamed in 2013? (8)
What current approved subjects for UE
will be removed (renamed) in 2014? (4)
Answer
80 credits comprising 60 credits at Level 3 or above and
20 at Level 2 or higher (which can come from previous
years credits)
8 credits in Level 2 in English or Te Reo Maori (must
include 4 in reading/panui and 4 in writing/tuhituhi)
42 at NCEA Level 3 (other criteria need to be met before
UE is awarded – see below)
14 credits at Level 1 or above
University Entrance criteria are 42 credits at Level 3
which must consist of:
• 14 credits each from 2 approved subjects (see
approved list above)
• 14 credits from one or two additional domains or
approved subject at Level 3
• Literacy requirements - 8 in English or Te Reo Maori
at Level 2 or higher (must be at least 4 in reading, 4
in writing)
• Numeracy requirements - 14 credits in numeracy in
Level 1 or higher
http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/qualificationsstandards/awards/university-entrance/
(Requirements change in 2014, see website)
• Gaining NCEA Level 3
• 14 credits in each of 3 approved subjects
• 14 credits from one additional domain or approved
subject at NCEA Level 3
• Literacy requirements - 10 in English or Te Reo Maori
at NCEA Level 2 or higher – (5 reading/panui, 5
writing/tuhituhi)
• Numeracy requirements- 10 credits in numeracy in
NCEA Level 1 or higher
Two of the following:
• Business Studies
• Education for Sustainability
• Home Economics
• Religious Studies
Calculus, Mathematics, Statistics, Earth and Space
Science, Processing Technologies, Construction and
Mechanical Technologies, Design and Visual
Communication, Digital Technologies
Graphics, Computing, Statistics and Modeling,
Mathematics with Calculus
Can results be accumulated over more
than one year for UE?
Yes
What is a rank score and why is it
important?
A rank score is calculated using your top 80 NCEA L3
Credits (approved subjects only). It is determined
according to the following points allocation - Excellence 4
points; Merit 3 points; & Achieved 2 points. In some
universities a rank score can determine a student’s
course eligibility. E.g. The rank score required for the
University of Auckland BA degree in 2012 is 150 points.
(See university websites for their rank scores.)
NCEA Quiz 3